Can we use different credit cards to buy in with? I have used one in particular for a while but I want to switch and I thought that I read
something about switching cards. Any help?
Answer 1:
As long as the card is approved, I don’t see those scumbags turning you down for buying in with another one. Hell, I bet they’d let you buy in with 20 different credit cards if you wanted to.
Answer 2:
I have used a few different cards. Some cards, the GM Card I know of will not let you charge this type of transaction. I stopped using that card for any reason. If you can buy chips with a credit card, what good are they?
Answer 3:
Try asking them!!! – But to answer your question, you can.
I plan to make my first trip to Atlantic City within the next month. Can anyone recommend a good place to stay? I’ve checked the web for Ceasars, Ballys, Hilton, Sands and Tropicana. They all seem more expensive than what I pay in Vegas, Biloxi, and Tunica. They seem to be going for $150 a night and up. On my last 2 trips to Vegas I stayed at New York/New York for about $80 a night. I have also stayed at the Luxor for about the same. If I spend much more for a room I usually find myself altering my play for comps. Comps are good when you get them but I don’t think you should alter your play to get them. Am I missing something? Where are the good places to stay? I will be going on the weekend. At the hotels I usually stay at they give me the Casino rate. Can I get that just by asking at a Casino I’ve never been too. What Casinos offer the best ODDS for craps? What Casinos have a poker room?
Answer 1:
The poker rate at the Trop is your best value. Contact the poker room for details. Taj is nice, but more expensive. Trop and Taj have the best poker rooms.
Answer 2:
For my $, the Hilton has the nicest hotel rooms in town. If you’re stuck paying a rack rate, you might as well go stay in a nice, clean room. However, if you are really dead set on finding a cheaper rate, the Hampton Inn on Route 40 is less than a mile from the start of the casinos and has decent rooms.
Answer 3:
Except for special promotions, the room rates at the 12 AC Casino hotels are much higher than in Vegas in the summer. But summer at the NJ shore is peak season and bottom season in the LV desert. Ballys might be relatively cheaper but if you want to treat yourself a little my recommendation would be Caesars (they also have a low stakes stud poker room in the hotel).
Need some tactical advice on playing Anaconda (or ‘pass the garbage’) – anybody play this variation who can offer some advice? Or perhaps point me to a web site? Someone has introduced this variation into my regular Thursday night game and I’m losing a lot of money playing it!
Answer 1:
If you’re playing hi-low and 54 is the perfect, never go in with less than a boat or a 6 low after the pass. If there’s much pre pass betting never go in with less than two pair, trips (keep a medium kicker not an Ace) and only try to pull one for a low, but never bet on getting a 5 or 6.
Answer 2:
Definitely be prepared to fold a lot…I only play low if i have low nuts, or a very close proximity. As for high, its anyone’s guess what it’s going to be. This is where knowing your competitors come in handy. The one thing I always try and do, though, is constantly screw the person who is after me. I give him high cards, then low cards, then high cards again (or vice versa). This way you know at least he’s screwed, and if he gets screwed hopefully it will affect the whole table.
Answer 3:
Draw to a lot of flushes.
-Expect to miss them all
-passing 3 of one suit lessens the odds of giving up a flush believe it or not.
-a *lot* of hands go to flushes so consider you high card very carefully.
-Anytime you opponent gives you pretty cards is as good as having high cards showing, since the prick will more than likely advertise the fact for you.
-straights are worthless can be tough because if an opponent gives you a pair then he has very good cards and your boat may be no good.
-Put a lot more emphasis on what you hold than what you give up-you have no idea what he wants.
-I saw AAAA lose once
-since one hand may go to two pair, and the next to a straight-flush: consider your relative position and use it!
-You must learn to fold.
-ONLY bluff heads up!
-bluff a lot heads up.
-Take all of this advice and bend it to fit your opponents.
You’re playing 4-8 7CS, 50-cent ante, $2 bring-in. Most of your opponents are weak-passive and easily intimidated. As a result, one player at your table (we’ll call him Steamroller) is amassing a large amount of chips by betting out or raising frequently and aggressively, especially when he has scare cards showing. You know he’s just running over the table because (a) nobody gets dealt that many good hands, and (b) he’s been called down a couple times and has shown trash hole cards. He has otherwise shown no detectable poker skill at all. Also, when he loses a big pot, or has lost several hands in a row, he gets pissed off and has to leave the table to calm down. He gives all the signs of being one of those players who thinks he is entitled to win every hand. Anyway… Your hand is (Th)(Qh)Td and there is one heart showing. The other hands have assorted medium to small cards. Steamroller, two seats to your left, is showing Jd, and there is one other small diamond showing. The bring-in is between you and Steamroller. Steamroller raises to $4 and all fold to you. You reraise. Bring-in folds. Steamroller eraises, you call. Fourth street: you catch a small, very dead brick. Steamroller catches a small live diamond. He bets. The question is, what would you do here?
